They say nothing stays secret in Essex, but Chloe and I have done a pretty good job hiding our developing friendship from everyone over the past few weeks. We've always been good friends, and I've always had a lot of time for Chloe, but I've never thought of her as anything more - until recently.

I’ve been lucky enough to be a part of TOWIE since series one, and over that time I’ve seen many friendship fallouts, broken relationships and big bust-ups – it is Essex after all! But over most of that time, I’ve had one constant in my life, one friend to whom I’ve been fiercely loyal and someone with whom I’ve never had a crossed word – Chloe Sims.

So we’re less than a week into the new series of TOWIE and already it’s been non-stop for me. I knew this series wouldn’t be easy, given all of the unfinished business and long standing history there is between Ferne and I, but I certainly wasn’t expecting the revelation my sister Chloe threw at me in episode one – that Ferne had cheated on me before Christmas.